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What is Sahi's five year record?

PMO has asked for the past five year achievement record of Power Secretary RV Sahi whose extended tenure is coming to an end. Only after this, his further extension on the post would be considered.

Who'll be JNPT Chairman?

Who'll be JNPT Chairman this time. There has always been an officer of Maharashtra cadre on the coveted post but will it happen this time also? Wait and watch.

SPG Chief gets extension

Deputation tenure of SPG B V Wanchoo has reportedly been extended for one year. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of West Bengal.

Major reshuffle in MEA likely

A major reshuffle, at Joint secretary,Additional Secretary and Secretary level, is expected in the MEA after new Foreign secretary SS Menon takes over.

Wadekar to be Dy Director FIU !

Vivek Wadekar has reportedly been selected as Deputy Director in FIU which is under the Dept of Revenue. 1991 batch IRS officer, Wadekar, achieves the unique distinction of having third deputation in a row without the mandatory cooling period. He was earlier in MHA and then went to NSCS and now to FIU.

Choudhary posted Additional Secretary in MEA

Ajai Choudhry (IFS 75) has been posted as Additional Secretary (Policy Planning) in MEA. He was on deputation with the National Defence College.

Surie to be next Foreign Secretary ?

In the Ministry of External Affairs it is widely believed that Nalin Surie who is returning to the Headquarters to take over as Secretary (East) will succeed Foreign Secretary designate Menon. Infact both are Chinese speakers.

Brahma empanelled

H Brahma has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary during the last review meeting. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ten Members of CAT to be appointed

Ten new Administrative Members of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) are being appointed in a month or two.

V K Pawar promoted in Madhya Pradesh

V K Pawar is being promoted today to the rank of ADG in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1977 batch IPS officer.

Manohar Lal is back to Rajasthan

Joint Secretary Labour in the Government of India, Manohar Lal, is back to the parent Rajasthan cadre after completion of central deputation tenure.1977 batch IAS officer Lal is yet to get posting.

Gujarat babus at the receiving end

IAS, IPS and IFS officials in Gujarat are upset over getting pay and perks much lesser than their counterparts in other states. First, the Centre merged the 50 per cent DA into basic pay with effect from April 1, 2004 but Gujarat made it effective from April 1, 2005 and now there is a perpetual delay in annual increments. LTA.too is not provided. Add to it, HRA elsewhere is paid at 15 per cent of the basic pay arrived at after merging 50 per cent DA but here it is calculated without merging DA. The government has also refused to count the 50 per cent DA merger into basic pay while calculating pension. They were hoping that the IAS Officers' Association convenor Arvind Agrawal would speak out but that too is a far cry.

IAS officer re-instated in UP

1980 batch IAS officer Tulsi Gaur has been re-instated in Uttar Pradesh.

Karnataka Chief Secretary to retire

Karnataka Chief Secretary B K Das is retiring by this month end. He is 1969 batch IAS officer.

IAS officers promoted in Punjab

Three 1980 batch IAS officers A.R. Talwar, Himmat Singh, D.S. Guru and two 1981 batch IAS officers Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal and D.S.Bains have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Punjab.

IAS Association takes note in AP

The IAS Officers Association in Andhra Pradesh has taken exception to the "high-handed" behaviour of a TDP MLA towards Prakasam district Collector B Udaya Lakshmi .

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There was criminal discrimination

I am amazed that criminal discrimination has taken place in the recently effected (May) orders by CBDT. Who manipulated the data to help their cronies? Will CVC look into the matter? CVC, please do not believe the data submitted by the CBDT. Investigate yourself.

Sarathi

There should be a transfer policy

I have been following the debate rather closely on the transfer policy being applied for IRS officers. From the reaction of IAS officers to this debate one is rather amused over the high ground being taken by and for IAS officers. The suggestion from Rajiv Ratan that all senior postings in all departments like police, Railways and IRS etc. should go to IAS officers is quite ridiculous. In any case the transfer policy should not be drawn on such negative and irrational grounds. It should be based on grounds more salutary both for the individual and the administration. As Joint Secretary in DoP way back in 1986, I had initiated a paper on transfer and submitted the same to Chidambaram who was MOS(pp) then. He appreciated the note but recorded "let us not take away the right of the minister to change the officer." This is the whole problem. As a staunch advocate of civil service reforms, I feel the present system of transfer which at present has become an instrument of rewards and punishment needs to be overhauled. A well modulated transfer policy should be put in place common to all services.

Aarti Khosla

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Extension proposal shelved !

Proposal to give extension to GAIL CMD S P Rao is believed to have been scuttled by a particular lobby. He was to get extension beyond October.

Will Sanjay Narayan join Jet Airways ?

Grapevine has it that Joint Secretary Civil Aviation Sanjay Narayan who has quit the IAS is joining the Jet Airways.Other rumour says that he is joining the GMR Group.

Singh is COO OF AICL

P P Singh has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of Air-India Charters Ltd (AICL), which is a fully-owned subsidiary of Air-India.

Asian Finance Bank to start next year

Asian Finance Bank (AFB), a $100mn Kuala Lumpur-based joint venture promoted by Qatar Islamic Bank will start functioning next year.

Rao is CMD of SCCL

S Narsing Rao has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd in Andhra Pradesh.He has succeeded R.H. Khwaja.

Kintala appointed Director

Chandra Kintala has been appointed as Director, India Research Lab. Based in Bangalore by Motorola.

Now fly Indian, redeem points on partner brands

Flying on India's leading airline Indian is now more attractive than before. Passengers can accrue points by flying Indian and redeeming them on other leading brands and vice-versa, under the new coalition loyalty program called i-mint. The other five program partners, who have come together on a single platform to create a reward based value program for the customer are ICICI Bank, Airtel, HPCL, Lifestyle Stores and Make-my-trip.com.
The i-mint coalition loyalty program has been initially launched for membership at Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad and will be subsequently extended to cover the entire country. Under the program, i-mint members can earn points by buying petrol at HP outlets, paying Airtel mobile bills, buying clothes at LifestyleStores, buying a hotel package through Make-my-trip, buying an Indian ticket or using ICICI credit card. He/she can then add up all the rewards points accrued to get a product from any of the above partners.
An i-mint member buying an Indian ticket will get 6 points against every Rs.100 spent. Points can be earned only on the basic fare portion of tickets purchased on domestic or international sectors of Indian or Alliance Air. Cardholders can earn points on both existing FFP program of Indian as well as i-mint. For more details about the program, catalogue of rewards, etc. passengers may log on to www.imintpoints.com.